The Auld Quarry Knowes
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
15 October 1952
Track ID
60898
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.34.A8
Original Tape ID
Summary
In this nostalgic pastoral song, the singer recalls how he courted his sweetheart in his youth. Even though the couple are now old and past their prime, they remember their courtship with fond affection.
Item Notes
4 verses of 4 lines, with refrain of 2 lines.
See:
Greig-Duncan vol. 4, p. 522, no. 927
'Vagabond Songs & Ballads' vol. 1 (R. Ford, 1899) pp. 154-155
Bodleian Library Broadside Ballads, 2806 c.11(38) (Poets' Box, Glasgow, 1871)
'Folk-Song of the North-East' (G. Greig, K. Goldstein, A. Argo, 1963 reprint) art. LXXXII
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good